Roller attachment for sleds



(No Model.)

' T. OHITTIGK. ROLLER. ATTAGHMENT FOR SLBDS.

Patented Dec. 13,1892.

FIG. I

U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS OHITTICK, OF CORNING, NEW YORK.

ROLLER ATTACHMENT FOR SLEDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,990, dated December13, 1892.

Applicationfiled July 25, 1892. Serial No. 441,162. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS CHITTICK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Corning, in the county of Steuben and State of New York,have invented a newand useful Knockdown Roller Attachment for Sleds,ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements sleds.

The object of the present invention is to provide an attachment forsleds whereby rollers may be readily attached to and removed from asled, whereby the sled may be arranged for running on snow orice andalso for running on wheels, so that a sled may be used all the yeararound.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective- View of a runner providedwith attachments constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view.Fig. at is a detail perspective view of one of the attachments plates.Fig. 5 isa similar view of the removable spindle-plate.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a rectangular plate secured to the inner face of a runner 2and provided with an approximately-rectangular recess 3, which extendsupward from the lower edge of the plate and which has converging beveledsides 4 and which is adapted for the reception of a beveled wedge-shapedspindleplate 5. The beveled edges 4 of the plate 1 form dovetailed waysand the spindle-plate is removably arranged within the recess and isprovided with a horizontally-extending spindle 6, on which is arranged aroller 7, the lower edge of which extends below the runner, whereby theroller is adapted to support the sled so that the runners thereof willbeabove the ground. This construction enables the rollers to be readilyattached to and removed from therunner, and the attachment-plate 1 mayremain on the runners at all times, as it will not interfere with theproper use of the sled. It will also be seen that the attachmentinterferes in no wise with the sled or construction thereof and may bereadily applied to any ordinary sled.

It will be apparent that the attachment is simple and inexpensive i nconstruction, strong and durable, and that it is adapted to enable asled to be used at all times.

What I claim is 1. An attachment for sleds, comprising a plate adaptedto be secured to the face of an ordinary runner and provided withvertical ways, a vertically-disposed spindle-plate detachably arrangedin the waysand provided with ahorizontal spindle, anda roller arrangedon the spindle, substantially as described.

2. An attachment for sleds, comprising a plate adapted to be secured tothe face of an ordinary runner and provided with a recess extendingupward from the lower edge of. the plate and having converging beveledsides, the detachable vertically-disposed spindleplate wedge-shaped andprovided with beveled side edges and fitting in the recess and having ahorizontal spindle, and a roller arranged on the spindle, substantiallyas described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS CHITTICK.

Witnesses:

THos. DWYER,

JAMES MADIGAN.

